﻿VII 
  

  

  » 
  It 
  is 
  hoped 
  that 
  in 
  course 
  of 
  time, 
  with 
  increased 
  facilities 
  

   for 
  procuring 
  eggs, 
  we 
  will 
  be 
  able 
  to 
  give 
  to 
  all 
  persons 
  wish- 
  

   ing 
  them, 
  who 
  will 
  properly 
  distribute 
  the 
  fish, 
  as 
  many 
  as 
  

   they 
  wish. 
  

  

  "We 
  would 
  be 
  glad 
  if 
  those 
  taking 
  an 
  interest 
  in 
  the 
  re- 
  

   stocking 
  of 
  our 
  waters 
  would 
  send 
  specimens, 
  either 
  fresh 
  or 
  

   in 
  alcohol, 
  of 
  fishes, 
  large 
  and 
  small, 
  and 
  any 
  other 
  animal 
  life 
  

   inhabiting 
  their 
  waters, 
  noting 
  the 
  locality 
  from 
  which 
  taken, 
  

   to 
  No. 
  192 
  North 
  Charles 
  street, 
  Baltimore. 
  

  

  " 
  By 
  giving 
  publicity 
  to 
  this 
  proposed 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  Commis- 
  

   sion, 
  you 
  Avill 
  greatly 
  oblige 
  us, 
  and 
  perhaps 
  benefit 
  your 
  nu- 
  

   merous 
  readers. 
  Yours 
  truly, 
  

  

  " 
  T. 
  B. 
  Ferguson, 
  Commissioner?'' 
  

  

  The 
  distribution 
  was 
  made 
  in 
  the 
  spring 
  of 
  1877. 
  The 
  

   trout 
  were 
  delivered 
  to 
  thirty 
  -four 
  applicants 
  and 
  planted 
  in 
  

   the 
  waters 
  of 
  several 
  counties, 
  as 
  recorded 
  in 
  the 
  table 
  of 
  dis- 
  

   tribution 
  published 
  in 
  the 
  report 
  of 
  January, 
  1878. 
  

  

  There 
  were 
  of 
  course 
  a 
  great 
  many 
  applications 
  for 
  trout 
  

   which 
  could 
  not 
  be 
  met 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  limited 
  suppl}' 
  of 
  some- 
  

   thing 
  over 
  50,000. 
  This 
  caused 
  us, 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  1877, 
  to 
  

   procure 
  a 
  very 
  much 
  larger 
  supply 
  of 
  eggs, 
  as 
  reported 
  on 
  

   page 
  17 
  of 
  the 
  report 
  of 
  January, 
  1878. 
  With 
  the 
  number 
  

   on 
  hand 
  it 
  was 
  not 
  deemed 
  necessary 
  to 
  issue 
  orders 
  for 
  the 
  

   trout, 
  but 
  notice 
  was 
  given 
  in 
  several 
  of 
  the 
  papers, 
  and 
  a 
  cir- 
  

   cular 
  to 
  the 
  same 
  effect 
  was 
  very 
  generally 
  distributed, 
  in- 
  

   forming 
  the 
  public 
  that 
  any 
  citizen 
  of 
  Maryland 
  could 
  obtain 
  

   as 
  many 
  trout 
  as 
  he 
  wished 
  by 
  applying 
  at 
  the 
  Druid 
  Hill 
  

   Park 
  for 
  them. 
  

  

  The 
  employee 
  in 
  charge 
  of 
  the 
  hatching 
  house 
  was 
  in- 
  

   structed 
  to 
  deliver 
  to 
  any 
  citizen 
  of 
  Maryland 
  as 
  many 
  trout 
  

   as 
  the 
  applicant 
  had 
  means 
  of 
  transporting. 
  There 
  was 
  no 
  

   limitation 
  made, 
  and 
  the 
  citizen 
  soliciting 
  the 
  trout 
  was 
  sim- 
  

   ply 
  required 
  to 
  sign 
  a 
  receipt 
  for 
  those 
  he 
  received 
  in 
  the 
  fol- 
  

   lowing 
  form 
  : 
  

  

  Maryland 
  Commission, 
  Fish 
  and 
  Fisheries, 
  

   Druid^ 
  Hill 
  Hatching 
  House. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  to 
  Certify 
  that 
  I 
  am 
  a 
  citizen 
  of 
  Maryland, 
  and 
  

  

  reside 
  at 
  county; 
  that 
  I 
  

  

  have 
  this 
  day 
  received 
  of 
  T. 
  B. 
  Ferguson, 
  Commissioner 
  of 
  

  

  